Amr Waked as Andrés

Amr Waked is an Egyptian film, television, and stage actor. He is best known to international audiences and in Hollywood for his role in the 2005 film “Syriana” with George Clooney.

Other prominent roles include his co-starring role as Sheik Muhammad in “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”, starring alongside Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, and Kristin Scott Thomas, and as Pierre Del Rio in Luc Besson’s “Lucy”, starring with Morgan Freeman and Scarlett Johansson. He joined Hollywood stars Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Gwyneth Paltrow in the 2011 film “Contagion”. Most recently, he was in Netflix’s series “Marco Polo”, and in the hit Hulu series “Ramy”.

Not only is Amr Egypt’s biggest movie star, he is also a political force - he is a leader of the 2011 Egyptian revolution and a passionate critic of current and former governments, and is now a political dissident living in exile in Spain.

Amr is very active on social media and has a significant following on Twitter (7m), Instagram (49K) and Facebook (1.76m).